The Fastest Cryptonote CPU Miner ever, plus some tastes of GPU!
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Here's the GPU version, which still offers the CPU mode, plus an OpenCL GPU mode.
Due to lack of dev time to provide legit implementations of the new forks (read: not just a rip of the reference code), I had to end the dev. The forks listed below are the last to be supported and notably Monero4 isn't and won't be supported. The miner itself can still be used, with good performance, on the supported forks, including BitTube, Stellite v8 and Turtle v2.
The GPU version being a superset of the CPU version, what applies to JCE CPU also applies to JCE GPU, notably the netcode, the forks or the security concerns, please take a look at the main documentation here https://github.com/jceminer/cn_cpu_miner
The 0.33b8 and later offers a speed increase in most cases and a more stable hashrate, you're advised to upgrade even if you didn't experience problems on older versions. The 0.33b11+ is recommended.
Breaking change: starting with version 0.33, Intel GPUs (including the IGP) are detected, which may invalidate your previous configurations.
- Minimum system is Windows 8.1 x64, Windows 7 is not supported.
- No 32-bits version
- No Linux version
- No support of nVidia GPU
- APU (even AMD ones) were reported to cause problems
- Limited support of Intel IGP/GPU
It's hard to compare GPU Miners. There are a lot of external parameters: the card itself, its memory, the biosmod, the drivers, the overclocking, the Power Limit...
However, according to the first feedbacks, here's the status on CN-v7:
- JCE is faster than any other miner on small RX cards (RX550 and RX560). They are my favorite cards, and the ones I use on most of my rigs.
- JCE is always faster than the Wolf0-based miners (Stak, Xmrig, Gateless...). This is not fair since I can read their code and they cannot read mine, but it's a proof JCE is not a copy-paste of their code.
- JCE is surprisingly fast on Vega, reaching 2050+ on Vega 64 on CN-v7.
- JCE is close to SRB and Claymore otherwise, sometimes slightly above, sometimes slightly below.
- I got mixed results on HD7800. I measured higher hashrate than other miners on my rig, but got opposite comments from some users. To be tested.
- JCE is bad on small 1G cards compared to the legendary Claymore 9.7, but this miner is no longer supported.
On CN-v8:
- Still always better than the open-source miners (Stak, Xmrig, Gateless...).
- Claymore is just no longer compatible.
- JCE is the best on older cards like HD6000 and HD7000 and R7/R9 series
- RX560 cards reach 500+, 850+ on R9 290/X, RX570/580 cards reach 1000+
- 420+ on HD7850 2G
- 480+ on HD7950 3G
On CN-Heavy/HVX/Tube:
- JCE is faster than the open-source miners on most cards:
- 1750+ on Vega56
- 1025+ on RX570/580 4G
- 1200+ on RX580 8G
- 330+ on HD7870 2G
- 425+ on HD7950 3G
The CPU part of JCE-GPU is the exact same than the CPU-only version.
Recommended drivers:
- 14.4 on Windows 8.1 for HD6xxx
- 15.12 for HD79xx
- 18.6.1 otherwise
JCE lets the OpenCL driver allocate computing power progressively, and does not push the card at max immediately.
It starts at ~80% speed and grows up to 100% in about 1 minute. So let the miner warm up before comparing its speed to other miners.
Current fees are:
- 0.9% for the GPUs
- 1.5% for the AES CPUs
- 3.0% for the non-AES CPUs
If you mix CPU and GPU, fees are adjusted proportionally.
If you mine with GPU only, disable CPU mining with --no-cpu or manually configure zero CPU, rather than pausing your CPU to avoid paying CPU related fees for nothing, and vice-versa.
JCE GPU is still incomplete. Here are the planned features to be added:
- GPU auto-config Done!
- Separate per-GPU pools and coins (to let the CPU and each GPU mine its own coin if desired)
- Temperature and fan speed monitoring Done!
- Watchdog Done!
- Keep-alive Done!
- Per-GPU pause Done!
- Decent performance in Heavy/Haven Done!
- Bittube-v2 fork support Done!
- APU support
- Faster and/or cached OpenCL compile Done!
JCE provides an auto-config, with parameters:
- --no-gpu --auto to autoconfigure CPUs and no GPU
- --no-cpu --auto to autoconfigure GPUs and no CPU
- --auto to autoconfigure all capable GPUs and CPUs
If you need manual config, then all rely on the configuration file. You cannot configure CPU automatically and GPU manually, or vice-versa.
The auto GPU config aims for safety and will probably be a decent but suboptimal configuration for your GPUs.
Here's an example of a complete config with CPUs and GPUs:
"cpu_threads_conf" :
[
{ "cpu_architecture" : "auto", "affine_to_cpu" : 0, "use_cache" : true, "multi_hash":1 },
{ "cpu_architecture" : "auto", "affine_to_cpu" : 1, "use_cache" : true, "multi_hash":1 },
{ "cpu_architecture" : "auto", "affine_to_cpu" : 2, "use_cache" : true, "multi_hash":1 },
{ "cpu_architecture" : "auto", "affine_to_cpu" : 3, "use_cache" : true, "multi_hash":1 },
],
"gpu_threads_conf" :
[
{ "mode" : "GPU", "worksize" : 8, "alpha" : 64, "beta" : 8, "index" : 0, "multi_hash":464 },
{ "mode" : "GPU", "worksize" : 8, "alpha" : 64, "beta" : 8, "index" : 0, "multi_hash":464 },
{ "mode" : "GPU", "worksize" : 8, "alpha" : 64, "beta" : 8, "index" : 1, "multi_hash":208 },
{ "mode" : "GPU", "worksize" : 8, "alpha" : 64, "beta" : 8, "index" : 1, "multi_hash":224 },
]
This is a real-life example from my pretty exotic and old rig:
- The CPU part is the exact same as in JCE CPU. I used a Core2-Quad so i simply write the four normal threads.
- The GPU part is new:
mode : can be GPU and APU, but APU is not available yet, so keep GPU
worksize : exact same meaning than in other miners, that's the OpenCL parallelism level
the greeks : minor tuning values, in order of importance. Good values for alpha are 32, 64 or 128, and for beta 8 or 16.
index : the GPU number. Run JCE with parameter --probe to get the list. It's in native OpenCL order, and GPU 0 is not always the main boot GPU, and may be an IGP if you have one.
multi_hash : often called intensity by other miners. Claymore parameter for it was -h. Like for CPU, that's the number of hashes computed at the same time. While CPUs go from 1 to 6, GPUs go much higher. Often the higher the faster, but not that simple. Must be a multiple of 16.
- HD7950 (Tahiti 3GB and more) Cryptonight v7
{ "mode" : "GPU", "worksize" : 8, "alpha" : 64, "beta" : 8, "index" : ..., "multi_hash":464 },
{ "mode" : "GPU", "worksize" : 8, "alpha" : 64, "beta" : 8, "index" : ..., "multi_hash":464 },
Twice the same to use the double-mem mode.
- HD7950 (Tahiti 3GB and more) Cryptonight-Heavy/Haven/Tube
{ "mode" : "GPU", "worksize" : 8, "alpha" : 64, "beta" : 8, "index" : ..., "multi_hash":656 },
Double-mem should be avoided here
- HD7790 (Bonaire 1GB) Cryptonight v7
{ "mode" : "GPU", "worksize" : 8, "alpha" : 64, "beta" : 8, "index" : ..., "multi_hash":208 },
{ "mode" : "GPU", "worksize" : 8, "alpha" : 64, "beta" : 8, "index" : ..., "multi_hash":224 },
Two threads to use the double-mem mode, but the little 1GB VRAM doesn't allow to use 224+224 so I use 208+224.
- HD7870 or HD7850 (Pitcairn 2GB) Cryptonight v7
{ "mode" : "GPU", "worksize" : 8, "alpha" : 64, "beta" : 8, "index" : ..., "multi_hash":464 },
{ "mode" : "GPU", "worksize" : 8, "alpha" : 64, "beta" : 8, "index" : ..., "multi_hash":464 },
Twice the same to use the double-mem mode.
- RX550 2GB Cryptonight v8
{ "mode" : "GPU", "worksize" : 16, "alpha" : 64, "beta" : 8, "index" : ..., "multi_hash":432 },
{ "mode" : "GPU", "worksize" : 16, "alpha" : 64, "beta" : 8, "index" : ..., "multi_hash":432 },
Twice the same to use the double-mem mode. Also try with worksize=8.
- RX560 (Baffin 2GB) Cryptonight v7
{ "mode" : "GPU", "worksize" : 8, "alpha" : 128, "beta" : 8, "index" : ..., "multi_hash":464 },
{ "mode" : "GPU", "worksize" : 8, "alpha" : 128, "beta" : 8, "index" : ..., "multi_hash":464 },
Twice the same to use the double-mem mode. If a screen is plugged in the card, you may need to lower to 448 or 432
- RX570 8G Cryptonight v7
{ "mode": "GPU", "worksize": 4, "alpha": 128, "beta": 8, "index": ..., "multi_hash": 1008 },
{ "mode": "GPU", "worksize": 4, "alpha": 128, "beta": 8, "index": ..., "multi_hash": 1008 },
Twice the same to use the double-mem mode.
- RX580 4G Cryptonight v7
{ "mode" : "GPU", "worksize" : 8, "alpha" : 64, "beta" : 8, "index" : ..., "multi_hash": 944},
{ "mode" : "GPU", "worksize" : 8, "alpha" : 64, "beta" : 8, "index" : ..., "multi_hash": 944},
Twice the same to use the double-mem mode.
- RX580 8G Cryptonight v7
{ "mode" : "GPU", "worksize" : 8, "alpha" : 64, "beta" : 8, "index" : ..., "multi_hash":1696 },
{ "mode" : "GPU", "worksize" : 8, "alpha" : 64, "beta" : 8, "index" : ..., "multi_hash":1696 },
Twice the same to use the double-mem mode.
- RX580 8G Cryptonight v7
{ "mode" : "GPU", "worksize" : 8, "alpha" : 64, "beta" : 8, "index" : ..., "multi_hash":1696 },
{ "mode" : "GPU", "worksize" : 8, "alpha" : 64, "beta" : 8, "index" : ..., "multi_hash":1696 },
Twice the same to use the double-mem mode.
- Vega56 Cryptonight-Heavy/Haven/Tube
{ "mode" : "GPU", "worksize" : 8, "alpha" : 64, "beta" : 8, "index" : ..., "multi_hash":896 },
{ "mode" : "GPU", "worksize" : 8, "alpha" : 64, "beta" : 8, "index" : ..., "multi_hash":896 },
Twice the same to use the double-mem mode.
- RX580 8G Cryptonight-Heavy/Haven/Tube
{ "mode" : "GPU", "worksize" : 8, "alpha" : 64, "beta" : 8, "index" : ..., "multi_hash":832 },
{ "mode" : "GPU", "worksize" : 8, "alpha" : 64, "beta" : 8, "index" : ..., "multi_hash":832 },
Twice the same to use the double-mem mode.
- Vega64 Cryptonight v7
{ "mode" : "GPU", "worksize" : 8, "alpha" : 64, "beta" : 16, "index" : ..., "multi_hash":1920 },
{ "mode" : "GPU", "worksize" : 8, "alpha" : 64, "beta" : 16, "index" : ..., "multi_hash":1920 },
or, alternative
{ "mode" : "GPU", "worksize" : 8, "alpha" : 64, "beta" : 8, "index" : ..., "multi_hash":1936 },
{ "mode" : "GPU", "worksize" : 8, "alpha" : 64, "beta" : 8, "index" : ..., "multi_hash":1936 },
Twice the same to use the double-mem mode.
If it's an APU or a nVidia card, they are not supported yet.
On Windows 7 you will probably have no GPU detected at all. Windows 7 is not supported.
nVidia OpenCL driver and cards older than the HD6000 may cause such an error. They are not supported yet.
The 0.2.10 error is partially fixed starting from 0.33b6
Also better use only english characters in the path where you install JCE, russian and other non-ascii characters can cause such a problem.
Lower the parameters, and focus first on the multi_hash.
In JCE Miner, the integrated GPU/IGP, even if it's an Intel one, even if embedded in the CPU, is often GPU0. If you experience a zero or very low hashrate on GPU0, ensure you're not mistakenly mining on your IGP. To fix, use a manual configuration and number your GPUs starting from 1.
Lower the parameters, focus first on the multi_hash, or unplug any screen (real or virtual) from the card.
The performance difference between JCE and other miners, may it be positive or negative, is rarely more than ~10%, and often closer to 5%. A huge difference is caused by a bad configuration. And a good configuration on miner X may be bad on JCE, and vice-versa.
A notable exception is JCE against Claymore on 512M and 1G cards, where Claymore is an order of magnitude faster. JCE has been developed in 2018 and badly support old low-memory cards. But on 2G+ cards JCE is often faster.
And again, keep in mind that JCE speed grows progressively from ~80% to 100% for 1min, so wait a bit before concluding JCE is slower.
First, press R to get JCE report about effective hashrate. If it's lower, that's just because of back luck, mining is a random game. If it's close to the theoretical value, the loss should be about 2%, 0.9% for fees and ~1% of stale shares. If you observe a huge difference between JCE reported effective hashrate and the pool hashrate, so the pool may be cheating you.
Nicehash, which have a specific network protocol, tend to refuse a lot more stale shares than other pools, leading to a lower effective hashrate. In doubt, please test on a normal and reliable pool: a non-free non-marketplace pool with a normal difficulty level.
Intel GPUs are now enabled among AMD GPUs, ensure you're not applying a previous AMD configuration to an Intel GPU
Another symptom of a bad (or unwanted) Intel GPU/IGP configuration, see above.